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Smart Glasses Feature Now Behind Paywall
Meta has introduced a monthly usage limit for one of the most useful features built into its AI glasses, raising wider questions about whether consumers will increasingly have to pay subscriptions to unlock the full capabilities of devices they have already bought. What Has Meta Changed? Owners of Meta AI glasses can now use Conversation…
Scientists Build Synthetic Cell With Complete Life Cycle
Scientists have created a synthetic cell capable of feeding, growing, copying its genome, dividing and competing across generations, marking an important step towards a future where biology could be engineered from the ground up rather than simply modifying existing life. What Is SpudCell? The new system, called SpudCell, was developed by researchers led by Professor…
Sony Calls Time On PlayStation Discs
Sony is ending the production of physical game discs for new PlayStation releases from January 2028, marking another major step towards an entertainment industry where consumers increasingly access rather than physically own the products they buy. Why Is Sony Ending Physical Discs? From January 2028, all new games released for PlayStation consoles will be distributed…
Use Chrome To Send Someone Directly To The Important Part Of A Web Page
If you need to share a particular sentence or paragraph from a long web page, Google Chrome can create a link that takes the recipient directly to that section and highlights the relevant text. This is useful for sharing technical instructions, online guidance, policies, supplier terms or lengthy articles without making the recipient search through…
Fusion Breakthrough Turns Plasma Energy Into Electricity
A US fusion company has demonstrated a new way of converting energy from a fusion plasma directly into electricity, while separate work on advanced electrical conductors could dramatically reduce the amount of power lost as heat, highlighting how the clean energy challenge is increasingly about efficiency as well as generation. A Fusion First Realta Fusion,…
UN Calls For AI Firms To Reveal Their Environmental Costs
The United Nations is urging AI companies to disclose the full environmental cost of their technologies, arguing that the industry’s impact extends far beyond electricity consumption and carbon emissions. Why The UN Is Concerned The warning follows the publication of a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH),…
CAPTCHAs To Be Replaced With Privacy-First Web Verification
Cloudflare has joined forces with Mozilla, Google, Microsoft and Shopify to develop a new internet protocol designed to help websites distinguish genuine visitors from malicious bots without relying on CAPTCHAs, forced logins or invasive tracking, in what could become one of the biggest changes to how people prove their identity online in decades. What Is…
Exciting Advances In Chip Technology
In this Tech Insight, we examine why the semiconductor industry has become one of the world’s most strategically important sectors, as major technological breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and geopolitical competition reshape the future of computing. Pushing Beyond The Limits Of Miniaturisation One of the clearest signs of that change comes from IBM, which recently unveiled what…
Anthropic Introduces AI Teammate For Slack
Anthropic has unveiled Claude Tag, a new AI-powered assistant designed to work as a shared digital teammate inside Slack, marking a significant move beyond chatbots that simply answer questions towards AI systems that can collaborate with entire teams and complete work independently. What Is Claude Tag? Claude Tag is Anthropic’s latest workplace AI tool, built…
Cate Blanchett Launches Human Consent Registry
Actor and producer Cate Blanchett has helped launch a free online registry designed to give people a practical way to tell artificial intelligence systems whether they can use their name, face, voice and other personal characteristics, as concerns continue to grow over AI-generated content and digital identity. What Is The Human Consent Registry? The new…
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